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Related: About this forumWhat's under the hood?
Found this multicolored Asian lady beetle (not a ladybug) on one of my rosebushes this afternoon. They feed on aphids and are harmless to roses. https://extension.umn.edu/nuisance-insects/multicolored-asian-lady-beetles

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Mousetoescamper
Jun 2023
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Duppers
(28,460 posts)1. Excellent photo!!
Good info too.
👍
Mousetoescamper
(6,819 posts)2. Thanks, Duppers!
calimary
(88,863 posts)3. That is quite a close-up!
Ive never seen a lady beetle like that before.
True Dough
(25,639 posts)4. Really? Not even this one?

calimary
(88,863 posts)6. Ahhh John. "...I know I'll never lose affection..."
Mousetoescamper
(6,819 posts)7. Thanks, calimary!
AKwannabe
(6,871 posts)5. Wow
That wing looks like it bends!
Took a minute. To see
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Mousetoescamper
(6,819 posts)8. Thanks, AKwannabe!